TOKYO — Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the “beautiful game.” Yamashita is one of three women picked by FIFA to be referees at the men’s World Cup in Qatar, which opens on Nov. 21.
Twenty-five years later, Ron and Molly Clemons still have an end-of-month showcase to attend each summer. Wednesday, the George Caleb Bingham Academy of the Arts paid homage to 1997 with its showcase to celebrate the academy’s 25th anniversary, with several bits of stage shows that debuted or had a revival production that year.
Several months ago, a lab technologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis mixed the blood components of two people: Alphonso Harried, who needed a kidney, and Pat Holterman-Hommes, who hoped to give him one.
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on all the shows your friends are buzzing about, especially if you subscribe to streaming services. Here are 10, in alphabetical order, that stood out during the first six months of 2022.
It didn’t take long for one big question to be answered at the start of Blue Springs South High School’s 2022 baseball season. Could sophomore third baseman Grant Hollister live up to the hype he generated following a sensational freshman campaign.
Last week’s two significant Supreme Court decisions – loosening some restrictions on American’s gun owners and restricting abortions for the nation’s women – represent the ultimate impact of Donald Trump’s narrow 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton.
Duane Mark Hazelrigg went peacefully to his Heavenly Father on Friday, the 17th of June, 2022. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 8, at 10 a.m., at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Avenue, Independence, MO 64052. Graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, Mo. Born on the 23rd of May, 1949, Duane attended Odessa and Blue Springs High Schools. He then chose to serve his country, honorably, in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. He went on to earn a Purple Heart during the Tet Offensive of 1968. When he returned home, Duane earned an Associates of Arts Degree from Penn Valley College then studied Geology at Missouri State University. Duane’s career ranged from loan officer to owner and operator of Dominant Force Trucking Company. He also attended Friendship Baptist Church in Holden, Mo. for many years. He was quite an animated storyteller, incorporating various accents and personas for banter and the telling of jokes. He shared numerous adventures and observations of nature with many people and was always eager to get to know new people. Duane enjoyed: bonfires, cars, motorcycles, cookouts and the 4th of July, in particular. He also adored his two orange cats: Snapper and Notches. He was well read, walked regularly at nearby Hill Park and around his own neighborhood, he loved word games and inventing nicknames for people and pets. The youngest of 11 children, Duane was preceded in death by his parents Josephine and Herbert Hazelrigg, sister Rosemary Brookens, brothers: Raymond, Roland, Darrell and Milton Hazelrigg along with Milton’s wife Evelyn, both of Mountain Grove, Mo. Survived by his beloved daughter Courtney and her husband Pete Linder, along with his grandchildren Peter Bishop, Shelby Brooke and Adrian James Linder. He is also survived by his brothers: Stanley, Herb and wife Barbara, Alan and wife Elizabeth, John and wife Debbie, Terry and wife Patty, along with, numerous nieces and nephews. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.speakschapel.com. (Arrangements: Carson-Speaks Chapel 816-252-7900)
Ethan Michael Woodrome, 19, of Grain Valley, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at Royer Funeral Home, Grain Valley, MO. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Mark L. Storey, 62, Blue Springs, Mo., June 28, 2022.
Norma Gene Wade, 92, Plattsburg, June 27, 2022. .